Comparison of health-related quality of life assessment instruments in diabetes patients

The objective of the study was to compare the sensitivity, reliability and the preference measures derived from SF-6D, EQ-5D and WHO-5 in a group of diabetes patients. In an observational study with duration of 4 months, in 5 Bulgarian cities 146 patients were randomly selected. The following quality of life measuring instruments were applied: 146 questionnaires SF-6D, 146 questionnaires EQ-5D and 103 questionnaires WHO-5. Descriptive statistics, Chi-Square and correlation coefficients were used for data analysis. The study assessed quality of life of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus with a mean age 57.…